Comparison

Jiffy vs Timemator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Jiffy

Effortlessly log and track your work hours with this intuitive time tracking application. Generate accurate timesheets and insightful reports to boost productivity and achieve work-life balance. Designed for professionals, it simplifies time management without requiring an account.

Highlights
  • Streamlined work time tracking
  • Accurate timesheet generation
  • Customer, project, and task tracking
  • Effortless project switching
  • Easy entry modification and editing
  • Detailed time reports (Year, Month, Week)
  • Timesheet export functionality
Features
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One of the best tools for logging and keeping track of work time in 2020. For professionals (employees, contractors, freelancers). Take control of your time, achieve your work goals! Jiffys effective time tracking is the best way to boost your productivity. Our app helps you be more productive, more focused, waste less time and so on, you already know all that stuff. Why choose Jiffy? • Boost your time management. • Strike the right work-life balance. • Improve your focus and your productivity. • Present helpful reports for better Efficiency. Jiffy is a time tracker designed for streamlined work time tracking, allowing you to spend a minimum amount of time, but at the same time generate an accurate timesheet. Jiffy's beauty is in its simplicity, it’s like having a stopwatch on your phone or tablet for all the jobs and activities that you need to track. *Keeps track of your work time Track work for all of your customers, projects and tasks in one beautifully designed app. Switch effortlessly between projects as your workday progresses. *Supports you when you forgot Jiffy makes it easy to modify and edit entries. *Presents your time in a gorgeous summary Simple yet powerful reports of the time you have logged, grouped by customer, project or task. View reports by Year, Month or Week. Export your time sheet for use in other applications. *No account required You don’t need to create yet another account to use Jiffy. Just download it and get started right away

About

Timemator

Effortlessly track work hours and tasks, organizing them by project or client. Visualize your productivity with insightful reports and automatically calculate revenue based on defined hourly rates. Sync data across devices and work offline.

Highlights
  • Effortless time tracking
  • Organize tasks by project/client
  • Timeline management
  • Insightful productivity reports
  • Automatic revenue calculation
  • Offline functionality
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Track your work hours in one tap, see what you earned, and send clients a clean PDF report. Timemator is a simple time tracker for freelancers and anyone who bills by the hour. Pay once. No subscription. ONE-TAP TIME TRACKING • Start and stop timers for tasks and projects with a single tap • Organize tasks into folders by client or project, with colors • Add notes to sessions so you remember what you worked on • Keep an eye on the running timer in Live Activities and the Dynamic Island HOURS AND EARNINGS AT A GLANCE • Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reports with clear charts • Set hourly rates and see your revenue calculated automatically • Breakdown by task and folder, plus your average hours per day CLIENT-READY REPORTS • Export professional PDF reports with time and revenue totals • Export CSV for spreadsheets, invoicing and accounting tools TIMELINE • See every work session of your day on a timeline • Add time you forgot to track, or fix a session in seconds WORKS WHERE YOU WORK • Home Screen widgets for timers, hours and revenue • Apple Watch app to start and stop timers from your wrist • Shortcuts: create a task and start its timer hands-free • Runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch PAIRS WITH TIMEMATOR FOR MAC Sync everything through iCloud with Timemator for Mac, which can track your time automatically based on the files, websites and apps you work with. The Mac app is sold separately. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No data collected: no analytics, no tracking • No account or sign-up needed • Works offline • Your data stays on your devices and syncs through your own iCloud SIMPLE PRICING Try every feature free for 30 days. Then unlock Timemator with a single one-time purchase. No subscription. Questions or ideas? Write to support@timemator.com. We read every message.

Screenshots

Jiffy4 screens
Timemator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Timemator at 4.7 against Jiffy's 3.4. Timemator also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 37%) and ratings volume (172 vs 9). Jiffy's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Jiffy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Timemator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timemator holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timemator has 172 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of Jiffy's written reviews are positive against 63% of Timemator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jiffy ships an update every 5 weeks, Timemator every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Jiffy versus Timemator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJiffyTimemator
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (9 ratings)4.7 (172 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.0% of reviews63.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9172 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNordic UsabilityCatforce Studio

Customer experience

Jiffy

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive37.0%
Neutral7.4%
Negative55.6%

Timemator

All ratings169 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral8.0%
Negative28.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Jiffy

One-time1
  • Unlimited History$8.99
1 purchases

Timemator

One-time1
  • Full License$7.99

Questions

Is Jiffy free?
Jiffy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timemator free?
Timemator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Jiffy or Timemator?
Timemator is rated higher. Jiffy averages 3.4 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Timemator averages 4.7 from 172 ratings.
Do Jiffy or Timemator have ads?
Neither Jiffy nor Timemator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jiffy or Timemator?
Jiffy ships an update every 5 weeks, and Timemator every 2 months. Most recently, Jiffy was updated on October 24, 2026 and Timemator on October 24, 2026.

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